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  • Cultural Stereotypes, or National Character?

    Are We Born Racist?
    Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, Ph.D.
    2 May 2012 | 6:48 am
    Is there really something to the impression that the French are different from Americans, who are different from, say, the Thai? Or do these impressions only amount to so many caricatures?read more

  • The New York Times Offers Reasons ‘Why Black Women Are Fat’

    Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture
    Guest Contributor
    15 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    By Guest Contributor Erika Nicole Kendall, cross-posted from A Black  Girl’s Guide To Weight Loss… for crying out loud … good grief.I had lots of thoughts about this op-ed, simply because I struggle with the reality that so much of women’s body issues are tied up in dating and mating, not their own health. I’m not downing those who have made that decision–that’s not my place–I just wonder if those women truly wind up getting what they originally wanted in the end.I’ll explain that later. For now, on to the article.I had to chop this up into bits and pieces.

  • Website racism warning to fans

    RACISM - Yahoo! News Search Results
    15 May 2012 | 8:54 am
    Fans on Cardiff City supporter websites are being warned that police are monitoring what is being written following claims that racist messages were posted.

  • Morgan Freeman vs. Herman Cain: Is the Tea Party Racist?

    racism
    26 Sep 2011 | 3:25 pm
    Morgan Freeman accuses the movement of having racist motivations.

  • Lynch Law Lives on Stage and in Troy Davis Execution

    racism
    26 Sep 2011 | 1:01 pm
    Themes of bigotry and and injustice run through "Parade" and the Troy Davis execution.
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  • The Precarious Couple Effect

    Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, Ph.D.
    15 May 2012 | 7:27 am
    Research shows that certain types of couples don’t work very well together. Precarious couples are the specific combination of a quiet, verbally inhibited man with a verbally disinhibited but highly critical woman. Part II of the series “When Not to Trust an Intuition of Compatibility”read more

  • The Unfair Self-Esteem Trap Faced by Minority Students

    Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, Ph.D.
    7 May 2012 | 7:38 am
    A 2005 documentary by Kiri Davis, A Girl Like Me, replicates a famous study showing young African American children preferring to play with White rather than Black dolls. What are the implications for minority self-esteem and education? read more

  • Cultural Stereotypes, or National Character?

    Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, Ph.D.
    2 May 2012 | 6:48 am
    Is there really something to the impression that the French are different from Americans, who are different from, say, the Thai? Or do these impressions only amount to so many caricatures?read more

  • Writers, and Parents: Show, Don't Tell

    Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, Ph.D.
    17 Apr 2012 | 7:12 am
    One of the cardinal rules of writing is this: Show, Don't Tell. My 6-year old teaches me a valuable lesson in applying this rule not just to writing, but to parenting as well. read more

  • Sculpt Your Partner: Be Like Mike (Michaelangelo)

    Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, Ph.D.
    13 Apr 2012 | 3:30 am
    Researchers have described the Michaelangelo Phenomenon as one in which relationships grow by having one partner "sculpt" the other. But it's not about shaping your partner according to the vision of who you want them to be. read more
 
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  • English soccer concerned about in upcoming Euro 2012

    LONDON (AP) – The head of English soccer has raised concerns with UEFA President Michel Platini that players and fans could be racially abused at European Championship matches in Ukraine. English authorities have been warning that far-right ...

  • and infant mortality

    So the Boston Public Health Commission began to do outreach to doctors. And they started talking about as a public health issue. They also began funding activism to push for big systemic changes in areas that impact health — like access ...

  • Learning the Reality of

    Sometimes white people think that is a dead issue, because they do not experience it. Yet it is not wise to judge other people's experience based on our non-experience. In 1991, I converted to the Black Church. Unlike my earlier ...

  • FA concerned about Euro 2012

    LONDON -- The head of English soccer has raised concerns with UEFA president Michel Platini that players and fans could be racially abused at European Championship matches in Ukraine. English authorities have been warning that far-right soccer ...
 
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  • The New York Times Offers Reasons ‘Why Black Women Are Fat’

    Guest Contributor
    15 May 2012 | 11:00 am
    By Guest Contributor Erika Nicole Kendall, cross-posted from A Black  Girl’s Guide To Weight Loss… for crying out loud … good grief.I had lots of thoughts about this op-ed, simply because I struggle with the reality that so much of women’s body issues are tied up in dating and mating, not their own health. I’m not downing those who have made that decision–that’s not my place–I just wonder if those women truly wind up getting what they originally wanted in the end.I’ll explain that later. For now, on to the article.I had to chop this up into bits and pieces.

  • Game of Thrones’ Sexposition and Race Quandary

    Guest Contributor
    15 May 2012 | 9:00 am
    by Guest Contributor GeekMami, originally published at GeekmundoI sat on this post for a long time, because I really wanted to get my thoughts together on this and wait until a few episodes into the season. However, it’s painfully clear that I am not the only in the ‘Game of Thrones’ fandom to take issue with the sexism and the race issues being brought up in the show this season.From ONTD to well-written essays on the topic, it seems like one or both of the aforementioned issues I am wrestling with regarding the show are being discussed, whether people like it or not. Does ‘Game of…

  • Excerpt: Aasif Mandvi’s Impersonation Of A Studio Bigwig

    Arturo
    15 May 2012 | 7:00 am
    Courtesy: Tampa Bay TimesTake a minute to walk to your limousine in my Gucci shoes, and you’ll realize that I’m just trying to make people smile. Mickey Rooney with buckteeth and a crazy accent in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”? It’s so much funnier than finding a real Chinese actor just talking like himself. Then you’d have to get a screenwriter to actually write genuinely funny lines for that character. You get so much more comedy bang with buckteeth and a funny accent. I mean, it made me laugh.Many people, including myself, were also convinced that Charlton Heston truly was a…

  • The Struggles of Discussing Race In The Asian American Evangelical Church [Racialigious]

    Guest Contributor
    14 May 2012 | 9:00 am
    by Guest Contributor Paul Matsushima, originally published at EesahmuCourtesy: Christianity DailyRecently, while attending one of the most ethnically diverse evangelical seminaries in the nation, I found myself in an environment where I had to defend the argument that race still matters. Don’t get me wrong; students and faculty alike openly discussed ethnic and societal culture; and, although all were unanimous that racial prejudice is wrong and diversity is good, when it came to America’s original (and continuing) sin of racism, there were choirs of crickets.I, in partial reaction, left.

  • Race + Comics: R.I.P. Tony DeZuniga

    Arturo
    14 May 2012 | 7:00 am
    By Arturo R. GarcíaCourtesy: Examiner.comThe comics world lost a pioneer last week with the passing of artist Tony DeZuniga, who died in the Philippines from complications from a stroke. DeZuniga is best known for being the co-creator of DC Comics characters Black Orchid and Jonah Hex.DeZuniga’s association with Hex would span almost four decades: 38 years after introducing the character in All-Star Western in 1972, DeZuniga returned to draw Hex for a stand-alone graphic novel, Jonah Hex: No Way Back.DeZuniga began working as an artist in his native Philippines as a teenager in the…
 
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  • DREAMers Sue U.S. Senate for Blocking DREAM Act with Filibuster

    Jorge Rivas
    15 May 2012 | 2:13 pm
    Potential DREAM Act beneficiaries and the government watchdog group Common Cause have joined as plaintiffs to sue the U.S. Senate for blocking DREAM Act legislation with the filibuster rule. The 52-page complaint argues that the filibuster allows senators representing as little as 11 percent of the population to prevent votes in the Senate. "Most Americans have lost confidence in Congress and its ability to act in the best interest of the American public," Bob Edgar, president and CEO of Common Cause said in a statement. "They have good reason. Congress is mired in gridlock as partisan…

  • Newsweek Cover Calls Obama 'First Gay President' [Photo]

    Jorge Rivas
    15 May 2012 | 1:07 pm
    Newsweek Magazine isn't going let TIME Magazine steal all the headlines with controversial covers. Last week's TIME mag cover included an image of a mother breast feeding her son, now Newsweek's cover includes an image of President Obama with a rainbow halo above his head with the headline "The First Gay President." The cover story is said to focus on President Obama's recent shift on gay marriage. "Obama's earned every stripe in this haloed rainbow," Newsweek's editor-in-chief Tina Brown wrote on Twitter. The cover story was written by openly gay Newsweek contributor Andrew Sullivan.

  • Jay-Z: Same Sex Marriage Opposition 'Holding the Country Back'

    Jorge Rivas
    15 May 2012 | 11:47 am
    On Monday, rapper Jay-Z told CNN's Poppy Harlow he supports gay marriage. When asked what he thought about President Obama's recent endorsement of same-sex marriages, the hip-hop superstar said: "I've always thought it as something that was still holding the country back. What people do in their own homes is their business and you can choose to love whoever you love. That's their business. It's no different than discriminating against blacks. It's discrimination, plain and simple." When asked if he thought Obama's comments would hurt his re-election campaign, Jay-Z said, "I think it's the…

  • FBI Considering Hate Crime Charge in Trayvon Martin Death

    Jorge Rivas
    15 May 2012 | 11:22 am
    George Zimmerman, the volunteer neighborhood watchman from Florida charged in the killing of unarmed black teen Trayvon Martin, could face federal hate crime charges, Orlando's WFTV reports. FBI investigators are actively questioning witnesses in the retreat at the Twin Lakes neighborhood, seeking evidence for a possible federal hate crime charge. If Zimmerman is convicted of the second-degree murder charge, he could face life in prison, but a hate crime charge could mean he would face the death penalty, WFTV reports. WFTV legal analyst Bill Sheaffer said, "What the government would have to…

  • Gay Teen Expelled in Stun Gun School Case Attacked at Mall

    Jorge Rivas
    15 May 2012 | 10:40 am
    An openly gay Indianapolis teen who made national headlines last week for bringing a stun gun to school to ward of bullies was attacked at a local mall Friday. Darnell "Dynasty" Young, 17, says he was expelled because he fired a stun gun in the air to ward off bullies that were physically and emotionally abusive. Young's mother told Anderson Cooper last week she gave her son the stun gun after school officials repeatedly ignored her request to protect her son. The teen's alleged attacker, Khyran R. Delay, 34, has been charged with battery. Indianapolis' IndyStar.com with more details:…
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  • Video: Indigenous Video Festival Open for Submissions

    Juliana Rincón Parra
    16 May 2012 | 12:23 am
    The XI International Film and Video Festival of Indigenous Peoples to be held in Colombia during last quarter of 2012 is putting out a call for entries for audiovisual material about indigenous and first people issues and topics. The Center for Indigenous Cultures in Peru is promoting the festival through their blog, and this is how they summarize the event: Colombia será la sede del XI Festival Internacional de Cine y Video de los Pueblos indígenas a realizarse en Bogotá del 23 al 30 de septiembre y en Medellín del 03 al 06 de octubre del presente año. Con el lema “Por la Vida…

  • Armenia: Fears After Nationalist Firebombers Released on Bail

    Onnik Krikorian
    16 May 2012 | 12:08 am
    Following the 8 May firebombing of D.I.Y., a gay-friendly bar in Yerevan, the Armenian capital, events have taken an unexpected turn with the release of the suspected arsonists, Iranian-Armenian brothers Hampig and Mgrdich (Arame) Khapazyan. Believed part of a local Neo-Nazi group and caught on camera, one was released on bail of 1 million Armenian Drams (less than $2,600) and the other on guarantee that he will not leave the country. Of concern to some observers, however, was that bail was posted by Artsvik Minasyan and Hrayr Karapetyan, two MPs from the Armenian Revolutionary…

  • France: The Little-known Abolition of Slavery Memorial in Nantes

    Jane Ellis
    14 May 2012 | 4:30 pm
    Website citizen-nantes.com reported that [fr]: “On the evening of Saturday March 24, 2012, the ‘Collectif du 10 Mai', a group of Afro-Caribbean associations from Nantes, invited the people of Nantes to a ‘Gathering in honour of the victims, the abolitionists and those who fought against slavery' in the little-known Square Toussaint Louverture. The memorial is so little-known in fact that even its location at the foot of the Pont de Cheviré is unfamiliar to most. In fact,do not even try to find it with your GPS as this square does not show up on there!” Written…

  • Nagorno Karabakh: Cultural Destruction and Preservation in the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict

    Onnik Krikorian
    14 May 2012 | 2:40 am
    During the conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the disputed territory of Nagorno Karabakh, hundreds of thousands of ethnic Azeris and Armenians were displaced. With hundreds of settlements also razed, and thousands of monuments destroyed, Conflict Voices looks at the issue of cemeteries, some of which were destroyed, but also preserved during the war as well as in the 18 years since the 1994 ceasefire. Written by Onnik Krikorian · comments (0) Share: Donate · facebook · twitter · reddit · StumbleUpon · delicious · Instapaper

  • Turkey: Outrage at Sentencing of Scarf Case Student

    Stratos Moraitis
    11 May 2012 | 5:02 pm
    On May 11 Cihan Kirmizigul, an engineering student at the prestigious Galatasaray University in Istanbul, was sentenced to 11 years and 3 months in jail for firebombing a building - but many believe his only “crime” was wearing a Kurdish scarf in the vicinity of the attack. The number of imprisoned Turkish journalists and politicians has doubled in the last few years, prompting strong reactions both locally and internationally. Kirmizigul's sentencing on May 11 was just the latest in a series of controversial cases. He was sentenced to 11 years and 3 months on charges of…
 
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    RACIST NEWS - Google News

  • Football Association and PFA plan to ban players found guilty of racism - Telegraph.co.uk

    16 May 2012 | 4:38 am
    Telegraph.co.ukFootball Association and PFA plan to ban players found guilty of racismTelegraph.co.ukPlayers found guilty of racist abuse will be at risk of sacking by their clubs under a new standard contract being drafted for footballers in England. By Matt Scott The measure has the support of the Professional Footballers Association and the and more »

  • Swirl, top, weigh, pay - Dubuque Telegraph Herald

    16 May 2012 | 4:16 am
    Swirl, top, weigh, payDubuque Telegraph HeraldPlease avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language. PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK. 2 Don't Threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated. 3 Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything. 4 Be Nice.and more »

  • The trouble with black studies - New York Daily News

    16 May 2012 | 3:54 am
    New York Daily NewsThe trouble with black studiesNew York Daily NewsHer offense: a blog post in which she criticized black studies — an academic discipline pursued by thousands of undergraduates, graduate students and professors — as overly focused on policing racism. Specifically, she mocked a handful of Green: Chronicle column an example of how not to thinkDaily Northwesternall 3 news articles »

  • Customer sues Wal-Mart for $1 million for racist intercom prank - Philadelphia Inquirer

    15 May 2012 | 9:54 pm
    Customer sues Wal-Mart for $1 million for racist intercom prankPhiladelphia InquirerBy Jan Hefler An African American shopper who says he suffers emotional distress and mental afflictions caused by a racist intercom announcement he heard two years ago at a Wal-Mart store in Washington Township, Gloucester County, is suing the retail

  • Taxis and racism - Irish Times

    15 May 2012 | 6:45 pm
    JOETaxis and racismIrish Times'INHERENTLY RACIST and xenophobic” was the verdict of Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar when asked for his opinion about the use of taxi stickers and green lights designed to alert customers that the driver in question was Irish.Dublin taxi drivers ordered to remove green lightsBBC NewsTaxi drivers reject Leo Varadkar's claim that green lights are 'inherently racist'RTE.ieWatchdog bans 'racist' taxi lightsIrish IndependentJOE -ChoiceQuote Insurance Servicesall 43 news articles »
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  • Conflicting definitions of Pro-Israel on either side of the Atlantic - Jerusalem Post (blog)

    16 May 2012 | 5:32 am
    Arutz ShevaConflicting definitions of Pro-Israel on either side of the AtlanticJerusalem Post (blog)Equally disturbing, according to his comments at a Bundestag hearing on combating anti-Semitism, he seems to not understand that anti-Zionism is an expression of anti-Semitism. After my over 10 year presence in Europe, I appreciate that I may be Neo-Nazis Injure Pro-Israel Backers in GermanyArutz ShevaSuspected neo-Nazis storm stand at 'I like Israel' event in Germany, injuring European Jewish Pressall 3 news articles »

  • Absurdity of Equating Opposition to Israel with Anti-Semitism - Palestine News Network

    16 May 2012 | 2:10 am
    CBS NewsAbsurdity of Equating Opposition to Israel with Anti-SemitismPalestine News NetworkBy Khalid Amayreh In a shameless effort to criminalize criticisms of Israel, pro-Israeli circles in some western countries have been trying to equate criticisms of Israeli policies and actions with anti-Semitism. The brazen effort is ostensibly My Offer of $100K to Peter BeinartFrontPage MagazineWill Israel's 'king' seek peace deal?CNN (blog)The Zionist Scenario: Now And In The FutureMWC NewsThe People's Voice -Daily Caller -Eurasia Reviewall 1,318 news articles »

  • NY school sued for allegedly failing to act on anti-Semitic taunts - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

    15 May 2012 | 10:09 am
    NY school sued for allegedly failing to act on anti-Semitic tauntsJewish Telegraphic Agency(JTA) – A suburban New York father is suing his school district over the anti-Semitic taunting of his son. Robert Slade filed the suit last week alleging that officials at Northport High School on Long Island took no action to stop a group of 20 and more »

  • Academia's Jew haters - Ynetnews

    15 May 2012 | 10:01 am
    Academia's Jew hatersYnetnewsGaltung added that one of the factors behind the anti-Semitic sentiment that led to Auschwitz was the fact that Jews held influential positions in German society. He also recommended reading the infamous Protocols of the Elders of Zion.and more »

  • Who Will Suffer This Time? - Huffington Post

    15 May 2012 | 9:29 am
    Who Will Suffer This Time?Huffington PostThere was always an undercurrent of anti-Semitism in Russia, and in 1791 Catherine the Great solved what her predecessors could not -- to successfully create The Pale, a large Jewish ghetto to remove Jews from Russian life. However, in 1861, when Czar and more »
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  • The media’s stony silence on racism concerning the DA

    Inside Politics
    15 May 2012 | 8:24 am
    FEATURE: Here is a question: Is Lindiwe Mazibuko a ‘house nigger’? That might seem like a grotesque question but it is one that has been openly asked of her on Twitter. That together with a myriad other forms of racial abuse and hatred. But is it met with the same intensity of outrage that follows any perceived slight on the DA’s part? Not a chance. DA public representatives, and its black members in particular, are routinely labeled everything from ‘darkie’ to ‘kaffir’. My question is, what is the media going to do about it? The media’s stony silence on racism concerning the…

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    innerstanding isness
    15 May 2012 | 7:37 am
     His cold nature is only outdone by a colder heart.He carry's with him the coldness from which he ca

  • Did We Trump Dr. Sowell on this One?

    black3actual
    15 May 2012 | 7:26 am
    A Censored Race War? Similar episodes of unprovoked violence by young black gangs against white peop

  • Danish Mainstream Culture is Quite Racist

    etellerandet
    15 May 2012 | 7:25 am
    Discuss. I mean, I can think of a lot of examples which highlight that Danish mainstream culture is quite racist and have written about them at length. So, let’s have a heated debate. Do you readers out there think that Denmark is quite racist in the mainstream? Or is it just little pockets? Can one say “It’s not racism in this country to do x”, if anyone has been offended by it? Is it just individuals making mistakes and not indicative of the culture as a whole? Strictly no derailments! Examples include personal attacks and the following:- 1) America/the UK/every…

  • Energy Game

    indyfromaz
    15 May 2012 | 7:24 am
    In each of the last 12 years, Gallup has run surveys asking Americans: “In general do you think the news media are too liberal, just about right, or too conservative.” Every year, between 44 and 48 percent have said “too liberal.” The largest percentage that ever said “too conservative” was 19 percent in 2006. “This recession has been more brutal, the job losses steeper,” he said. “Politics seems nastier. Congress more gridlocked than ever. Some folks in the financial world have not exactly been model corporate citizens. “No wonder that faith in…
 
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  • Racial Profiling and Mass Deportation of Black and Latino Men

    Tanya Maria Golash-Boza
    15 May 2012 | 6:54 am
    A recent report by the New York Civil Liberties Union revealed that the New York Police Department stopped and frisked nearly 700,000 people last year. Black and Latino youth were the primary targets of these policing efforts. Black and Latino males between the ages of 14 and 21 accounted for 41.6 percent of stops in 2011, yet they make up less than five percent of the city’s population. Ninety percent of Black and Latino young men who were stopped were innocent. The disproportionate targeting of black and Latino young men in New York City can help us to understand another phenomenon: why…

  • “Implicit Racial Bias” and Preference for Republican Candidates over Obama

    Joe
    13 May 2012 | 9:19 pm
    At UW Today, a University of Washington publication, Molly McElroy recently published a summary of research by Anthony Greenwald at the University of Washington with some other psychological researchers. The title of her article is “Unconscious racial attitudes playing large role in 2012 presidential vote.” McElroy summarizes their current and earlier research: In a study done just prior to the 2008 presidential election, Greenwald and colleagues found that race attitudes played a role in predicting votes for the Republican candidate John McCain. They used the implicit association test…

  • Net Migration from Mexico: Now Zero or Less!

    Joe
    12 May 2012 | 8:47 pm
    The Pew Hispanic Center has an eye-catching headline on a May 3 press release, which I have not seen much coverage of in the mass media: “Net Migration from Mexico Falls to Zero—and Perhaps Less.” The research account headed by a former student of mine (talented demographer Jeffrey Passel) at University of Texas begins with this: The largest wave of immigration in history from a single country to the United States has come to a standstill. After four decades that brought 12 million current immigrants—most of whom came illegally—the net migration flow from Mexico to the United States…

  • The Chronicle of Higher Ed’s Naomi Schaefer Riley: Tyranny of White Privilege

    Cherise
    7 May 2012 | 4:38 pm
    Last week, we were reminded again of the false construct of a post-racial society when Naomi Schaefer Riley posted a vitriolic and careless article in The Chronicle of Higher Education maligning three Black studies graduate students at Northwestern University, their professors, and the entire area of study. In her piece, she openly sneered at each woman’s dissertation (none of which she had read) and basically characterized their work as useless, “irrelevant,” outdated, and predicated upon victimization. Already, responses have been generated by the NU students as well as…

  • Resurrection of Deep Racial Icons: The “Dangerous Other” – Part II

    Jim
    7 May 2012 | 7:08 am
    Many want to see the Florida case as an individual going about his “duties” requiring him to challenge possible criminals, refusing to see that the victim had as much claim to the neighborhood as the killer, irrespective of the race differences that resemble historic laws and practices of the Jim-Crow South. Herein citizens not only protest proposed “unfair” depictions of Zimmerman as “racist” but equate his critics with what they consider de-legitimated resistance groups showing signs reading “Black Panthers = Racism” referring to what scholars see as the new racism wherein…
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  • Meet Tammy Duckworth

    resistance
    13 May 2012 | 6:34 am
    She’s running for Congress.   And she has “nothing to lose.”

  • Oh yes I am.

    resistance
    8 May 2012 | 12:30 am
    Dear White People: If we happen to be having a Very Serious Discussion about racism, please refrain from telling me the following: Well, I guess I’m just an optimist. This ranks right up there with telling me that you guess you don’t see race, that you’re reasonable and rational, that of course you can take a joke, ad nauseum. But let me address this particular crap pile of bullshit putdown. What makes you think I’m not a fucking optimist? I mean, I am talking to you. And I seem to be continually surprised by cluelessness and stupidity and ignorance and privilege.

  • ‘It was so precious … it didn’t deserve to be crowded by these fears’

    resistance
    22 Apr 2012 | 10:00 am
    This is an interview with Pam Sakuda, who was diagnosed with Stage 4 metastatic colon cancer and was given 6 to 14 months to live. She died in 2006, four years after her diagnosis. Ms. Sakuda participated in a study to investigate whether psychedelic drugs could reduce anxiety in terminal patients. More information in this New York Times article.

  • ‘Seeking Asian Female’

    resistance
    21 Apr 2012 | 12:00 am
    Film by Debbie Lum, a fourth-generation Chinese American.    I regret to say I probably need to see this.  WSJ article here.

  • Full of fail.

    resistance
    17 Apr 2012 | 12:03 am
    “It was the best day, but a powerful day,” Kiernan recalls about the day she and husband Bob Lazeski adopted their daughter Anna from Anhui province. “As we passed rice fields and people with oxen it struck me that we were taking Anna from her culture.” Probably not the best day for her, but whatever. Also, China isn’t just about rice fields and people with oxen. We have that here in the U.S. too, you know. “Over the years we’ve done a lot to share ancient Chinese traditions with our families,” says Kiernan, who is also [Families with Children from China's] current…
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  • LIVE BLOG: 5th Congressional District Democratic Convention

    14 May 2012 | 1:58 pm
    Today, Democratic delegates in the 5th district will cast their ballots and endorse either Chris Donovan, Elizabeth Esty, or Dan Roberti as their choice for Congress. I'll be on hand at the Rotella Magnet School (380 Pierpont Rd, Waterbury CT) to cover tonight's convention. Depending on the set-up, I'll be able to provide a live video stream of the proceedings. If you wish to comment on the convention via Twitter, use the hashtag #ct5convention. LIVE VIDEOSTREAM LIVEBLOG 5th CD Democratic Convention

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  • Name the Republican who said this about the leadership of Mark Boughton (take 3)

    6 May 2012 | 1:19 pm
    Mark boughton is no better than george bush. He divides people, created the biggest dept that this city has ever seen and has raised taxes and user fees. All of this from a teacher Mayor who has directed are school system into failure as he claims that his administration has added 50 million new dollars to education....the answer is coming soon...

  • John Rowland: Paid in full

    6 May 2012 | 1:17 pm
    Cross post from HatCityBLOG I guess crime pays...Despite a state law aimed at stripping such benefits from politicians who use their office for corruption and personal gain, former Connecticut Gov. John Rowland will be paid more than $1.3 million by taxpayers over the next 20 years in pension benefits, plus some darn good health care coverage. Rowland and his wife are eligible to go on the state employee health plan at a cost of as low as $29 a month in premiums out of his pocket and a cost to taxpayers of as much as $1,900 a month. The cost for prescription drugs to Rowland under this plan?

  • Name the Republican who said this about the leadership of Mark Boughton (take 2)

    4 May 2012 | 10:02 am
    Budgets have never been a problem for Mark. Just reduce city services, raise taxes, bond it, or retire good people. More to come...
 
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